parostosis
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editparostosis (plural parostoses)
- (biology, archaic) ossification which takes place in purely fibrous tracts; the formation of bone outside of the periosteum
References
edit- “parostosis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.